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PtP Travelling through the Pages (T12)
1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a 'nice to know' when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.2. Tour Guide (Captain) - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)
3. Name your team. Using this round's theme, come up with a fun name. Given we are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)
Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by 4 April
4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2. (It will also help with one of the categories in this round!)
5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including links to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!
* don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full in that post.
You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.
I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.
Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.
6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation, etc.
7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.
8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.
9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)
10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A/Announcement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1 of that thread.
The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)
Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.For selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.
For selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.
For selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS
For the completion post you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review
Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.
If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.
IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this information in a NEW post. Its difficult to find older posts when going backwards in the threads.
📦🛫 Team Read Shelves - for option 2 🛬🎁🚄 Vanessa - Vanessa's read shelf
🧳 Jill - Jill's read shelf
🚢 Julie - Julie's read shelf
🌏 Ariel - Ariel's read shelf
🚗 Stacey - Stacey's read shelf
📦🛫🚄 Weekly Called Themes 🚢🛬🎁 🌎 Week 1 - 14. Tourist destination (Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong)
🏩 Week 2 - 1. Mainland Europe - Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe). Mainland Europe does not include the UK or Ireland.
🎫 Week 3 - 16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition.
🧳 Week 4 - 15. BUS 🚍 Read a book with the letters B, U and S in the name of the title, series and/or author.🚌
📖 Week 5 - 3. The Americas 🗺
⛺ Week 6 - 8. Country
🚌 Week 7 - 2. UK & Ireland
🚁 Week 8 - 13. Vehicles
🎧 Week 9 - 9. Small town
🚉 Week 10 - 12. Glasses / gloves / hat / bag / phone / watch
⛵ Week 11 - 11. Clothes
🏨 🚗
📦✈️🚄
Selection & Completion posts - Week 1 to 4
🚗🏨🎁🌎 Week 1 - 14. Tourist destination - COMPLETED ✔🎉
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🏩 Week 2 - 1. Mainland Europe - COMPLETED ✔🎉
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🎫 Week 3 - 16. Around the World in 80 Days - COMPLETED ✔🎉
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🧳 Week 4 - 15. BUS 🚍 - COMPLETED ✔🎉
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📦🏩🧳
Selection & Completion posts - Week 5 to 8
🚅🎁✈️📖 Week 5 - 3. The Americas 🗺 COMPLETED ✔🎉
(view spoiler)
🐑 Week 6 - 8. Country 🐖🐓COMPLETED 🤠🐄 ✔🎉
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🚌 Week 7 - 2. UK & Ireland - COMPLETED ✔🎉
(view spoiler)
🚁 Week 8 - 13. Vehicles - COMPLETED ✔🎉
(view spoiler)
📦🚞💺
Selection & Completion posts - Week 9 to 11
🚢🌍🎁🎧 Week 9 - 9. Small town - COMPLETED ✔🎉
(view spoiler)
🚉 Week 10 - 12. Glasses / gloves / hat / bag / phone / watch - COMPLETED ✔🎉
(view spoiler)
⛵ Week 11 - Final week - 11. Clothes
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Hi team. apologies for taking my time messaging you 😬 life got in the way, better late than never, right?! 😃I'm a fast listener but slow reader, so tend to listen to my books, and, whenever possible, read at the same time. Kindle is great for simultaneously reading/listening. 🎧📖
I'm a mum of 2 teens about to take their IGCSE and IB exams, so stress is real 😩😵, on top of that I decided to go back to college(online) and am studying for an economics degree....So, reading is my emotional support 📚
We're living in South America (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) at the moment, but we're from the UK (may need this info for the challenge). 🌎
This challenge is quite sedate and a ton of fun so, I hope we all have a good time getting through our TBRs, re-reading or dipping our toes in new waters. 📘💗📗
Hello all, I live in NYC with my 16-year-old daughter (God help 😣😒) and my 10-year-old cat Mr. Darcy, can you tell my favorite book? I'm doing over 20 reading challenges currently but there's always room for more 🤣I love PtP because it's like the palate cleanser between challenges. 99.9 percent of books are romance, from erotica to clean, MF MM FF and all combinations therein. Also, I'm allergic to sleep so I'm pretty much reading 24/7 and I'm a very fast reader.
Hi all. I'm from sunny Australia and live with my DH, 3 teens, and my lazy cattle dog. Reading is my main hobby and I make time to read each day to keep me same. I mostly read any kind of romance, but love something with banter, adventure and spice.
This is my first time with this challenge and I'm hoping for some new books for my TBR from everyone.
Here's my group name suggestions:Lost in a Tangent
Inkwell Explorers
Well Read Wanderers
Roamantics
🚨🚨 Team name suggestions 🚨🚨🚄 Travel hard, read harder
🛫 Apparition Unanimous
🧳 Work, read, travel and repeat
🚢 Floo Networkers
🌏 Hodophile Anonymous - (Hodophile= A lover of roads. One who loves to travel)
🚗 Peregrinate R'Us - (Peregrinate (verb)=To travel or wander around from place to place.)
🎫 Literary Gadabout - (Gadabout (noun)=A person who travels often or to many different places for pleasure)
🛬 Resfeber 4 books - (Resfeber (noun)=The restless race of a traveler’s heart before the journey begins; The tangled feeling of fear and excitement before a journey begins.
My team name suggestions:Traveling Through Pages
Traveling Bookshelf
Jetsetters Read
Traveler's Tales
Adventure Awaits
Hello Team! Sorry I'm a little late -- I got home from work late last night. I live in North Carolina, USA with just my dog. I work as a PT in a trauma hospital, so my romance reading is my escape from reality. I have done this challenge before, and enjoy as I can always find a romance to read that fits since that's my go to. I usually am in the process of several challenges, but I've been taking a break to read books by authors for an upcoming signing I'm going to and wanted to focus on that so this will be my one and only -- at least for a little while. :)
I am horrible at team names, so I will leave that to you more creative folks.
Welcome Jill, Julie and Stacey. 😃🎊Our team is almost complete.
I'm thinking the best way to narrow down names is if each of us list our top 3 name choices.Here are mine, in order:
💛 Inkwell Explorers
💜 Traveler's Tales
💚 Literary Gadabout
My favorites;1. Travelling Through the Pages
2. Lost in a Tangent
3. Traveler's Tales
Hello! Sorry for the late check in but I am here and ready to read! :) My name is Ariel and I live in south Florida. I am a substitute teacher which gives me a lot of flexibility in wotk schedule and reading. I tend to read thrillers and romance novels and can usually always find a challenge that fits those. I am not a huge audiobook person as I find that I read a lot faster than listening to a book.
My top 3 names are:
1. Traveling Through the Pages
2. Traveling Bookshelf
3. Travelers Talea
Hi Ariel. I agree with you about reading vs listening to a book.My top 3 are:
1. Travelling Through the Pages
2. Lost in a Tangent
3. Traveler's Tales
My 3 for names: 1. Literary Gadabouts
2. Lost in a Tangent
3. Travelling through the Pages
Hi Ariel!
We have a tie, so, since all of you put down "Travelling through the Pages" we will go with that.
First theme call - 5 April between 4-6pm US EST (tomorrow)Time in US EST:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...
* Post your selection book BEFORE the next theme is called, or you will be eliminated
* Follow the format for the selection and completion posts.
* Remember you need both a selection and a completion posts.
Ironically I'll be traveling most day tomorrow and will only get to my destination around 2 to 4hs after the theme is called, so feel free to check on the other thread for the theme if you want. I'll post here as soon as I can. 🚉😘🚌📖
Safe travels Vanessa! Very auspicious 😂Well it's Saturday morning here in Australia and I'm waiting with a coffee, excited for our first week of the challenge:
Week 1
Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Option 2
Key date: 29 September 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Option 3
Pass
SELECTION POST - OPTION 1
Week # 1
In the Unlikely EventPage numbers: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
How the book qualifies: New York mentioned in the precis "Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here. In New York.
[*book:In the Unlikely Event|48847096]
🚨📦 Week 1📦🚨Option 1
🌍14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.🗽🗾🦘💂🏽♀️🥐
For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.
If you aren't sure how to insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 2
Key date: 29 September 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Option 3
Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 in your team thread for formatting of all 3 options
Selection Post - Option 1 - Tourist destinationWeek #1
Book: The Wedding Date
Pages: 317
How the book qualifies: From precis, "...Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles"
COMPLETION POST - Option 1 - Tourist DestinationWeek # 1
In the Unlikely Event by L.J. ShenRating (1-5) ⭐⭐⭐
Review:
There are flawed characters in books. Then there is a toxic cast of people who go on to raise more toxic people, who befriend more toxic people, all the while justifying their behaviour with their good intentions, so they are not someone's villain. While the book was engaging, insightful and funny at times, I'm just exhausted by all the selfish drama and the secrets. Bumped up to 3 stars due to the interesting premise.
Fav Quote:
"It’s not fate; it’s us. From start to finish. Twisted, screwed, obsessed, destructive, wonderful us.”
Selection Post -- Option 1- Tourist DestinationWeek #1
Book: Devil in Spring
Pages: 384
How it Fits: Setting listed on GR page as London.
Completion PostWeek #1
Book: The Wedding Date
Read:04/06/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review: This was an okay read. Not the best fake date book I've read but definitely not the worse. The long distance factor could have been handled better and Drew was a bit too immature.
🚌🧳🚢
SELECTION POST
🚅🏩✈️📦Week 1
Option 1 🌍 14. Tourist destination🗽🗾🦘💂🏽♀️🥐
📚Page number: 353pg (first kindle edition)
✅ How book qualified: Set in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Precis: "It’s one of Hollywood’s biggest nights when she volunteers as a seat filler and..."
🎉🚨
COMPLETION POST
🎉🚨🎯 Week 1
Option 1 🌍 14. Tourist destination🗽🗾🦘💂🏽♀️🥐
📚Page numbers: 353pg (first kindle edition).
✅ How book qualified: Set in Hollywood, Los Angeles
📅Date Completed: 07/04/2024 - 💽Format:📘 🎧 - 💖Rating: 4✨
📝Review: It didn't start so well but it improved a lot as it went on. This was a very sweet romcom, with dogs and celebrities and a weird phobia too.
Spice isn't the focus here at all. But the story was sweet and engaging enough I listened/read it in one go. Great narration. on KU with free audio included.
Julie wrote: "Hi all. I'm from sunny Australia and live with my DH, 3 teens, and my lazy cattle dog. Reading is my main hobby and I make time to read each day to keep me same. I mostly read any kind of romance,..."
I was wondering what is DH?
I often ask questions in my head and forget to ask them out loud 😬 this was one of them🤦🏽♀️😂
♏Vanessa♏ wrote: "Julie wrote: "Hi all. I'm from sunny Australia and live with my DH, 3 teens, and my lazy cattle dog. Reading is my main hobby and I make time to read each day to keep me same. I mostly read any ki..."
DH = Dear/Darling Husband
Jill wrote: "♏Vanessa♏ wrote: "Julie wrote: "Hi all. I'm from sunny Australia and live with my DH, 3 teens, and my lazy cattle dog. Reading is my main hobby and I make time to read each day to keep me same. I ..."
That is so sweet. Non of the variations in my head were as flattering and no way near as sweet. Think I was projecting 😂
Hello girlies. Just wanted to let you know that if you ever decide to go for option 2 there is a link to each of our read shelve on message 4, or the link bellow.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
♏Vanessa♏ wrote: "Jill wrote: "♏Vanessa♏ wrote: "Julie wrote: "Hi all. I'm from sunny Australia and live with my DH, 3 teens, and my lazy cattle dog. Reading is my main hobby and I make time to read each day to kee..."
I believe I can fill in your blanks 😂😂😂
♏Vanessa♏ wrote: That is so sweet. Non of the variations in my head were as flattering and no way near as sweet. Think I was projecting 😂"
Sorry for the lack of reply. Life happened!
Vanessa - He also qualifies for a few of those "projections" on a regular basis. 😂
I hope everything is ok for Ariel & she found something good to read.
Ariel, I hope all is well with you and I don't mean to stress you out, but you need to pick a book to read before the next task is called.You don't need to actually read it this week, but you must pick a book and make a selection post.
In case you dont have any books in mind, may I recommend the International Guy Series, those books are all MF novellas with around 150pgs, free on KU with free audio included. and have books in NY, Los Angeles, Paris and London
No stress here - I had a book picked and forgot to post a selection. LOL
Selection Post: Week 1Book: Purity in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 355
Qualification: Setting on main book page: New York City
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Ariel wrote: "No stress here - I had a book picked and forgot to post a selection. LOL"It happens. Glad not to stress you. 😃
Completion PostWeek #1
Bookcover/link: Devil in Spring
Rating: 5 stars
Review: (I should warn you all my reviews are not things of beauty....)
This was a re read for me and I enjoyed it as much this time as the other 2 times I've read/listened to it. I loved the banter between the 2 MCs and their families and the revisiting of old friends from previous series. While the FMS's "oddness" was a bit over the top at times, the MMC's reaction to it every time was lovely and often times hilarious. The reader for this series especially had me laughing out loud at times.
Selection PostWeek #2
Book: Roommaid
Pages: 301
How it Fits: Read by Vanessa who gave it 4 stars on 3/16/24
So Sorry I didn't post the new task yesterday. I forgot to let you know I was traveling again 😬🤦🏽♀️ from next task on I should be around.
Week 2Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK or Ireland. Please ask if you aren't sure.
For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.
If you aren't sure how to insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 2
Key date: 6 October 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
link to each of our read shelves on message 4
Option 3
Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 in your team thread for formatting of all 3 options.
SELECTION POST - WEEK 2
The Wild OnePage no: 251
How the book qualifies: Precis For two Americans in Paris, love wasn’t in the plans....
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Tour Guide (Captain)
🛺 Vanessa
Guests
🚲 Stacey
🚲 Ariel
🚲 Julie
🚲 Jill